Sun Fresh Bakery House

I would give it 3.5 stars but i don’t see the option. Anyway, been here a few times. Friends and family really like this place for asian pastries and steamed goods. The staff is friendly and quick. The store has more room to move around than some of the bakeries in Victoria. Prefer their pork bun over the chicken bun. The chicken bun just doesn’t pack the same taste punch as the pork bun in my mind. The bakery has a constant stream of customers from locals to visitors. So your choice of goods can be sold out fast and your primo choices can be slim unless you hit the right time where more goods are made. If you are in Chinatown this place is ok. Was hungry and thirsty during my last visit — I couldn’t see any beverages for sale within the bakery. Perhaps I missed the beverages? Thinking about my bakeries in Victoria where you can buy a beverage to accompany your baked goods or sandwich to reach bliss on the go or dine within the bakery.

I’ve been here multiple times and it use to be my go to lunch place when I’m in Chinatown because it’s cheap. Like rice noodle was about 2.00 something, congee starting at 2.25, buns for less than 2.00 and etc. Let me also mention that they are in really big portions too.
The taste of these food are always a hit or a miss. It’s not bad nor is it extremely good. Cant’ expect too much for cheap food. Sometime I wonder how can they make money. Recently I found something in my congee that shouldn’t be there. I’m glad I didn’t eat it though.
Overall, a super cheap eat in Chinatown. Like $ 5.00 can fill almost anyone for lunch. But keep in mind it’s not the cleanest place to go to. It’s also a grab and go kind of place.

My moms used to buy us buns from here all the time growing up and it wasn’t until a little while ago that I started coming here myself. It’s a block away from my home in the centre of Chinatown, and it’s a pretty small space. However, there is usually always a line up but it moves pretty quickly and you can get in and out of there typically within 5 minutes.
They are my favourite bakery and have a range of food from Taiwanese style baked pastries and buns, loaves of white bread to an assortment of steamed buns and dim sum items. Baked goods are around $ 0.80 to $ 1.20 or so per bun while most of the steamed buns are $ 1.40. My favourite is the pork and vegetable bun and I usually get a few along with some steamed BBQ pork ones for lunch. It fills me up and leaves me satisfied, especially for the price. Where else can you get a decent filling and only pay $ 1.40?!
I also love their congee here, and a bowl of it will cost you a whopping $ 2.25. Not bad! Their dim sum items are around $ 3 – 3.50 each. Beats going to an actual restaurant sometimes and having to wait and pay tip.
If you come here I recommend you stocking up and get a couple of the steamed buns (I personally like them better than the baked buns because of the light fluffy dough), and refrigerate them and you have a tasty lunch or snack for the next few days. Yum!

I have been in here a few times. Prices are extremely cheap. I come here for the red bean, steam buns and sometimes the mango rolls. I found this place by accident when walking around China town. They are cash only but everything is so cheap that there is no reason why you wouldn’t at least have $ 5 in your pocket. For less than $ 5 I got a shit load of pastries for snacking and taking for lunch the following day.

Pretty good buns for the price. My top two are either their pork & preserved vegetable bun or their chicken buns! If you’re looking for big buns but without the big price of New Town, this may be your place to go! I find it kind of weird how they package buns in clear plastic bags though

I was shopping in Chinatown and stared to feel hungry so I popped in here to give some bakery items a try. Instead I decided on a fish congee and steamed beef rice roll. You can get congee here starting at $ 2 a bowl! The portion size was good for the price too. My rice rolls were huge and could be a light meal itself. My total came to $ 6 and I could barely finish everything. It’s really busy in here so expect to line up. The bakery is constantly making fresh goodies and the food is pretty good for a small price will definitely be back to try some other goodies!

A family member recommended this place so I had to try it out since I love Dai Bao (大包). I’ve been eating this at different locations my entire life because it’s a favourite of mine. Unfortunately the one I ordered here was very disappointing. Yes the pricing is good, very good actually for only $ 1.70. The bread portion was good and standard but the filling was close to McDonald’s quality– over-​marinated meat that just tasted a tad sweet with texture close to raw ground beef (yes it’s a Japanese delicacy) indistinguishable as to what type of meat it was, ¹⁄₈ of a cooked chicken egg and I think that’s about all that was memorable. Now a Traditional Dai Bao would have: a meatball, square piece of ham, egg yolk, portioned chicken drumstick and a small piece of Chinese sausage. So as you can see… I was not happy.
For ref there are 2 Dai Bao types and I ordered the one on the left of the menu.
I also ordered the mixed vege bun– good size, fresh veges/​mushroom but very bland. I do not recommend this for people who don’t like Chinese black fungus– it’ll taste like medicine to you– I don’t like it either but am used to the taste.
2 stars for taste, extra star for pricing and size.
This place is busy on a Sunday afternoon.
Will be back to try other stuff.
For better offerings in the vicinity (5min walk) go to NewTown Bakery or Sun Wah.

OMG! These curried beef buns were frigging awesome! So fresh! Not a ton of filling, but no gristle like I’ve had in so many others elsewhere. Listen up Chinatown Toronto… you got SERVED!

So far it’s been hit and miss for me. I definitely like this place, especially for their sesame rolls, but the coconut buns are below average. I’ve had better stuff from the market at Crystal Mall.

«Fresh tasty buns and pastries»
I don’t come here often, but when I do I always purchase a few of their buns. They got so many variety of buns and pastries, from savoury to sweet and everything in between. They make their products fresh everyday, so when you go inside it just smells so delicious. I’ve yet to try their steamed buns; it seems very popular though since there’s always a line up for them. I recommend getting everything in here, it’s just that delicious!

As usual, I loaded up with lots of goodies from Maxime Bakery a few doors up before heading home to Seattle. I bought all their lemon and mango sponge cakes, and many Pi Dan So, the thousand years egg crisp ($ 1.30 each) and many other ones.
Couldn’t help but stepping in this New Fresh when passing by. Got some more paper wrapped sponge cakes which were very good in taste and size.
Some pineapple top and chicken tails with coconut fillings. Their Mochi are also fresh and delicious. So far they have the best lower prices with fairly good products.
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*****WHOLE WHEAT STEAMED BUNS!!!*****
Despite the fact that I haven’t stepped in here in ages, I still get stuff from here through friends or coworkers or special someones who know what I like. :).
My last journey to Chinatown was when we got our hair done and she was just ravenously hungry. So our hairdresser said she would get us some buns. She gave her the money for the food and she scampered out and then back with a box of steamed buns. These were not the ordinary steamed buns with stuffing. These were the Pork and Veggie ones, but the bun part was the really special part. It was whole wheat!!!
Yes! NO WHITE FLOUR!
Yay! I was extremely happy.
And now to this day, I vow to alway buy my steamed buns and stuff from here when I’m in Chinatown.
It was like they were thinking about me and understood me and found a way to make whole wheat steamed buns soft and moist and tasty!
So yes a 5 star rating.
Not bad eh?
** note that while this place isn’t considered diabetic friendly or healthy, it is healthier than the traditional buns. So I put it in the healthy lists for their efforts in making this whole wheat bun.

Adding a star. Visited Sun Fresh again on my recent trip to Vancouver and found some new finds worth mentioning.
Finally got to try the rice noodles that I missed out trying on my previous visit. They were good. Large enough to be a light meal and excellently priced. I think it was $ 2 something. The flavor was fine, but I would suggest sprinkling a little soy or chili pepper sauce for better enjoyment.
The jau gok which are rice flour dumplings, brought back memories of the days when my grandmother used to make these for me to enjoy. Microwaving the dumplings is okay, but steaming these when you bring them home is best.
Lastly, the green tea mochi with coconut shavings on top and bean filling in the middle is my favorite find thus far here. Less than $ 1 for a large gooey piece. Great tasting, cheap and big. The three things that would lead to a five star review from me which I do not give out too much. Sun Fresh is getting to this plateau, but is not quite there just yet.

So far one of my favorite Chinese Bakeries. Their products are always fresh and they seem cleaner than most Chinese bakeries out there. A must try is their flat rice noodles with pork. Its about $ 2 and it is delicious! This bakery is the first in Vancouver that sells this type of noodle (made from scratch). Usually this noodle can be found being sold as street food in China/​Hong Kong. Another note, for cake roll fans out there: their cake roll does not have a lot of cream compared to other bakeries (only thing i probably wouldnt buy from this bakery; nothing against them, but i prefer my cake roll creamy. Besides the lack of cream filling, the actual cake is yummy!)

There is some serious yummyness in my tummy here!
They bake everything fresh constantly throughout the hours of the day and everything is individually packed (good to bring back as treats for others!). Most everything is moist (something a lot of bakeries lack in their sweets) and not too sweet. They have the best pineapple bun and meat pastries here!

You should know first off that you will likely be waiting in a line when you come to Sun Fresh bakery, but it will be well worth the trouble.
In my hunt for the perfect Chinese coconut bun, my personal favourite, I have come across some great, some not so great, but fortunately, the coconut bun at Sun Fresh Bakery really gave me taste I was looking for. Let it be known that you might show up and find that there are no coconut buns (or red bean bun, pork bun or steamed buns, amongst others) left, this is not an anomaly. You will learn when the best times to come in are, but I can tell you that the closer to opening time you are the better. Steam buns are constantly available from the bakery, being cooked up consistently through the day, but other items may only be available until they run out, and then: c’est la vie my friends, no light, fluffy sweet coconut goodness for you today.
In fact, you should go now and just camp out front to ensure success!!!

There are few pleasures that can be so hit or miss as Chinese Bakeries. Sometimes the pastries are too dry, others too eggy, and even other times there is not enough of what you thought you were getting (filling, green tea or red bean flavor etc.) But at Sun Fresh Bakery you know you are somewhere safe enough to order and get just what you’re looking for. Everyone in the 10 person line that went outside the tiny bakery storefront was ordering mutli dozen rolls, breads, whatever they could.
I ordered a single coconut roll, and had no trouble at picking out a fresh one. It was delicious. It was that rare buttery, eggy, light heaven that only good Chinese pastry can be, and I was close to getting lined up for another it was THAT good. It was also so good that I kept the wrapper to share this amazing spot with Unilocalers looking to find good Chinese pastry in Vancouver, this place is IT!
Enjoy